Ask produce and floral industry executives on the production side of the supply chain what keeps them up at night, and chances are that labor is at the top of their list of insomnia inducers. And for good reason.

Prima Frutta, based in Linden, Calif., has the largest cherry production line in the world. The company achieved that status in 2016 when it installed new equipment and overhauled its cherry line. The result was a production increase of 50 percent — without expanding the workforce.

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